… This beautiful shrub grows up to 3 feet high with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. From May through October it produces fragrant white blooms. It is a specimen in a border. …
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… This beautiful shrub grows up to 8 feet high with full sun. From May through October it produces fragrant pink and red blooms. It is a specimen in a border or a hedge. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This shrub needs full sun to partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. In the spring it produces showy pink, purple, and red flowers that attract butterflies. It is a specimen. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This beautiful shrub grows up to 8 feet high with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. From May through October it produces fragrant red blooms. It is a specimen in a hedge. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This perennial needs full sun and moist soil conditions to reach a height of 4 feet. From July through October it produces red and purple blooms. It is a specimen in a border. …
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… This clump-forming bulb grows to a height of 8 inches with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. It has white and blue blooms in March and April and is a specimen. …
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… The giant snowdrop ( Galanthus elwesii ) is among the first of the very early spring-blooming plants in the Chicago region. As winter … up in turf, flower beds, and deciduous woodlands. In sunlight, the three outer petals flare to reveal the inner fused petals with their intricate green colorations. Simultaneously, the flowers release a honey-sweet fragrance to attract pollinating insects. At maturation, the seeds are released from the ripened capsule …
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… on tree peonies appear 1-2 weeks before those of the herbaceous peonies. ‘Murad of Hersey Bar’ is a tree peony with large single dark maroon flowers with yellow center stamens and strong medium-green stems and foliage. An early bloomer, it is often the first tree peony to bloom. Tree peonies often need to settle in one to two years before producing flowers and, once established, grow to a mature …
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… , commonly known as wild quinine, produces an abundance of white, pearl-like flowers on 2- to 3-foot-tall plants with broad, rough-textured leaves. Native to the tallgrass prairies, it thrives when grown in full sun and moist soils in garden settings. … Beetles find the pollen tasty, while a number of bee species prefer the nectar. This genus is a member of the aster family, but it lacks the colorful ray flowers that make sunflowers and …
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… The golden white willow is named 'Aurea' for its stunning golden yellow leaves when grown in full sun. It is noticeably slower to grow, more modest in stature and more challenging to root from a cutting than the species. Members of the genus Salix are commonly known as …
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